Will standard UK passport photos suffice for K-1 Visa Interview?

[sj5 4]

US embassy is so strict so i'm not surprised.

(I always follow their instructions less trouble

) GOOD LUCK TO YOU

[flutter95 4]

I naively just got the good old picture machine in tesco's jobbys, and it was ok.

Probably cause the CO felt bad cause he gave me and RFE for something else

[ChasUK 0]

I gave the link to the US Embassy in London where they say to US style photos, give an explanation as to why only those are acceptable

and give links to where to get them.

Not sure why this is a debate? The instructions are pretty clear, and its always good to follow instructions!

Incredible isn't it. On a process that we all consider extremely important, where we ourselves are really ####### about getting it right, it simply staggers me that anyone would want to risk bucking the system simply because they cannot be bothered to get photos of a specific size.

I think I'll send my mate to my interview. He knows all about me and can answer all the questions by proxy. I mean after all, they only asked me to come to the interview with my docs, what does it matter if I ignore that instruction?

[arwensun1965 0]

It is really easy to get USA style photo's now, a lot easier then a couple of years ago so what is the problem?

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Gonna disagree with meauxna here (note: I didn't actually check any specs in London).

The photos Pras sent me for the K-1 petition were roughly 39 x 49 mm (slightly different from Canadian Citizenship card size of 35 x 53)--and USCIS accepted them. So why won't they do so in London if they'll do so in Chennai?

Because the London Consulate might be more ####### retentive..........

Yeah, I guess Yanks need to stiffen their brains to imitate the "stiff upper lip" for Brits. :lol:

[Fandango 1,439]

'xactly. Why wouldn't you follow instructions (especially such easy-to-follow ones!) when you're given them? You might get lucky and get the CO who couldn't care less whether you've taken the scissors to an old holiday snap and given them that (ok, I exagerrate a touch, maybe), just so long as they can get your visa done and get on their lunch break... or you might get the CO who thinks 'good grief, we sent you a sheet of instructions about this stuff for a reason, you know, why ignore them?' and tells you to come back when you've got the right sized photos. Why cause yourself potential delays unnecessarily... just because some COs might be a bit lax about it, doesn't mean they all will be, or that they have an unofficial 'feel free to ignore the instructions' rule about photo sizes!

So agreed!

If I was a CO, I'd refuse anything other than what's stated...just for the sake of it. WHY WHY OH WHY would anyone want to do anything to show you're giving the old two fingers up to the whole process?

[Mags 112]

I do remember there was a bit in P3 which gave the sizes of the photos needed and all that occurred to me was that they were the same size as in my UK passport. It then listed the places that you can get the photos done in, Snappy Snaps being the one that springs to mind the most.

I know that the photos I took in were standard Snappy Snaps ones, smaller than USA ones (which I know now, didn't know then) and the woman who took all of my stuff didn't say a word, or blink an eye at them.

Just my own experience.

[Dr_LHA 3]

I do remember there was a bit in P3 which gave the sizes of the photos needed and all that occurred to me was that they were the same size as in my UK passport.

The US passport photo requirement is a 2"x2" photo. UK is 1.7"x1.4", i.e. much smaller. Hardly the same.

Edited April 25, 2007 by Dr_LHA

[Mags 112]

I do remember there was a bit in P3 which gave the sizes of the photos needed and all that occurred to me was that they were the same size as in my UK passport.

The US passport photo requirement is a 2"x2" photo. UK is 1.7"x1.4", i.e. much smaller. Hardly the same.

That's not what I said...

[Lou Lou 1]

Back in the old days of the 3/4 view pictures, I still used a photo booth and checked the measurements were AOK. Nobody said anything because they were photo booth piccies and not from a lab.

Recently I used UK passport photos for the removing conditions. I realised they were not quite to size, so I cut them including all the extra border to get them to US size. Not a problem with that either.

As long as the size is OK, it doesn't matter where you get them done.

[Amby 490]

we didn't get any specific sizes photos. neil just sat down in the photo booth in the train station and get his photos done. they just cut them out and stapled them onto his stuff.

[no name 1]

If I was a CO, I'd refuse anything other than what's stated...just for the sake of it. WHY WHY OH WHY would anyone want to do anything to show you're giving the old two fingers up to the whole process?

And also, that you could care less about following directions by actually reading your forms!

[Dr_LHA 3]

we didn't get any specific sizes photos. neil just sat down in the photo booth in the train station and get his photos done. they just cut them out and stapled them onto his stuff.

Its cool to ignore explicit instructions.

[Mags 112]

we didn't get any specific sizes photos. neil just sat down in the photo booth in the train station and get his photos done. they just cut them out and stapled them onto his stuff.

Its cool to ignore explicit instructions.

But it worked, right?

I have not come across anyone recently being told that their UK sized photos were incorrect. Perhaps this means that they do accept these sizes, rather than people just being ignorant and not taking in the correct ones.

Just my 2c.

[no name 1]

we didn't get any specific sizes photos. neil just sat down in the photo booth in the train station and get his photos done. they just cut them out and stapled them onto his stuff.

Its cool to ignore explicit instructions.

But it worked, right?

I have not come across anyone recently being told that their UK sized photos were incorrect. Perhaps this means that they do accept these sizes, rather than people just being ignorant and not taking in the correct ones.

Just my 2c.

But they ARE being ignorant, the instructions clearly state US SIZED pics, and there's a whole section(page?) on sizing stuff & head room, etc!

I think they're getting lucky.